Bullet.



No. 634,383. Patented Oct. 3, [899.

T. W. WEBLEY.

BULLET.

(Application filed May 8, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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hurrah 'rATns THOMAS \V. WEBLEY, OF BIRMINGHAM,ENGLAND.

BU L'LET.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 634,388, dated October 3, 1899.

Application filed May 8, 1899. Serial No. 716,010. (No model.) I

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Be it known that 1', THOMAS W. WEBLEY, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Birmingham, England, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Bullets,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bullets or projectiles designed to be fired by revolvers and pistols, and has for its object a bullet which when fired at a low velocity of about six hundred to seven hundred feet per second, such as is obtained by ordinary revolvers, will readilyexpand or head up on striking abody and to an extent check penetration, thus de-.

gles to the sides and providing at the saidflat end a cup-shaped recess or cavity, the diameter of the-mouth of which is nearly equal to. that of the body of the bullet, whereby the said bullet is possessed of less penetrative action and greater expansion on striking an object from the fact that after the fiat edge surrounding the front recess or cavity has penetrated then the flesh which comes within the cavity acts as a wedge in spread ing or opening out the surrounding metal, so that the bullet is headed up or its diameter increased at the penetrating end.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a side elevation of a bullet or projectile constructed according .tomyinvention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a view oi -a flat recessed front or striking end, while Fig. 4. isa viewof the recessed back end. Fig. 5 is a view showing how the said fiat recessed front end of the bullet is expanded or headed up even when firedat a low velocity and by striking only the fleshy part of a body.

The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thc'several figures of the grooves b are provided at the rear end. The

the mouth is of a diameter almost equaling that of the body of the bullet itself and is surrounded by a fiat annular penetrating edge e, toward which the side walls at the forward end slightly converge. The rear end of the bullet is formed with another and similar recess or cavity f, which both balances the bullet to secure accurate shooting and also admits of the metal of the said bullet at that end being expanded to take the riflings of the revolver-barrel.

As has already been observed, one of the principal objects I have in view in designing my invention is to provide a bullet specially adapted for pistols and revolvers which will readily expand or spread on impact with a fleshy substanceand exercise tin-increased stopping power when non-vital parts of a body are struck, notwithstanding the comparatively low velocity at which it is dis- ;charged. To attain this end, it is essential that/the bullet should expand laterally shortly after striking a body, so as to" both increase theshock to the recipient and check excess ive'penetration, such as occurs with the use of ordinary solid projectiles, which make but a small opening and frequently pass right through a body without any stopping efiect.

I am aware that bullets with a recess at the tip or summit of a conical or pointed nose or striking end (either alone-or in conjunction with. a copper tube or hard-metal peg for facilitating-expansion) have been heretofore. ,used,'such as in the bullets known as ex-- press bullets; but in these only a small amount of expansion is obtained, even when fired from a rifle at a high velocity of about two thousand feet per second; but they are quite unsuitable'for use with revolvers, as they fail altogether to head up or expand when fired at a low velocity, and, further,-

enterthe cavity or cup, opening but the soft a -1surroundingf he'cupmtoa fiat ordome- Walls of said cavity being curved sand diverfrom of considerably iac'reasing diameging' from its inner end outwardiy.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set .faviilg now fully des'm-ibed my invention, my hand in presence of two subscribing Wit- Qf. E desire to claim and secure by Letters messes.

at is projectile for the purpnse described, med ofsoft, easaily-expandad material, hav- Witnesses:

an annular, fiat, psnetmting end, and a FRANK A. MURRAY, or cavity at its fnrward end, the side ARTHUR I. SADLER.

T. W. WEBLEY. 

